Project fact sheet written for the Inventions and Innovation Program about an advanced analysis method that provides complete on-line ultrasonic inspection of tubular materials.

Project fact sheet written for the Inventions and Innovation Program about a new technology that increases load-leveling efficiency and offers longer cycle life than lead-acid batteries.

Fact sheet written for the NICE3 Program on a new process that creates a corrosion-resistant coating for recuperators.

Project fact sheet written for the Inventions and Innovation Program about an innovative technology for predicting and avoiding liquid and jet flooding in the petroleum refining process.

Project fact sheet written for the Inventions and Innovation Program about a new dual fuel conversion system allows diesel fuel switching with clean burning natural gas.

Project fact sheet written for the Inventions and Innovation Program about a new process to produce ethylene more efficiently.

Project fact sheet written for the Inventions and Innovation Program about a rapid-prototyping process that improves investment casting technologies by repositioning cooling channels.

Fact sheet written for the NICE3 Program on a new process that improves the efficiency and productivity of die casting operations.

The Laboratory Coordinating Council, working through OIT, coordinates partnerships between industry, academia, and the 16 U.S. national laboratories and facilities.

Project fact sheet written for the Inventions and Innovation Program about a new mechanochemical process that delivers titanium-carbide powder for cutting-tool fabrication.

Project fact sheet written for the Inventions and Innovation Program about an innovative device that uses acoustic energy to enhance productivity in mixing equipment.

Fact sheet written for the NICE3 Program on a new magnetic elutriation technology for mining that offers waste, energy, and economic savings.

Project fact sheet written for the Inventions and Innovation Program about a new miniature oxygen sensor that costs less that conventional sensors.

Project fact sheet written for the Inventions and Innovation Program about an advanced laser technology that safely detects leaks and emissions without requiring an air sample.

Project fact sheet written for the Inventions and Innovation Program about a self-agitating soap stick that removes accumulated water from water logged natural gas wells.

Fact sheet written for the NICE3 Program on an innovative method of purifying combinatorial chemistry compounds.

Fact sheet written for the NICE3 Program on a new technology that separates gas, oil, and water from offshore oil and gas operations.

This 16-page brochure, including 9 one-page inserts, provides an overview of the Office of Industrial Technologies and its research, development, and deployment efforts to increase industrial energy efficiency.

Waste Management, Inc., began operating a fleet of heavy-duty LNG refuse trucks at its Washington, Pennsylvania, facility. The objective of the project was to provide transportation professionals with quantitative, unbiased information on the cost, maintenance, operational, and emissions characteristics of LNG as one alternative to conventional diesel for heavy-duty trucking applications.

Interview with pastor and Navy veteran Harry E. Chase. The interview includes Chase's personal experiences while aboard the destroyer tender USS Dobbin during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

There is overwhelming evidence that addiction is a disease of the brain (Leshner, 1997). Yet public perception that addiction is a reflection of moral weakness or a lack of willpower persists. The insidious consequence of this perception is that we lose sight of the fact that there are enormous medical consequences of addiction including the fact that a large fraction of the total deaths from cancer and heart disease are caused by smoking addiction. Ironically the medical school that educates physicians in addiction medicine and the cancer hospital that has a smoking cessation clinic are vanishingly rare and efforts at harm reduction are frequently met with a public indignation. Meanwhile the number of people addicted to substances is enormous and increasing particularly the addictions to cigarettes and alcohol. It is particularly tragic that addiction usually begins in adolescence and becomes a chronic relapsing problem and there are basically no completely effective treatments. Clearly we need to understand how drugs of abuse affect the brain and we need to be creative in using this information to develop effective treatments. Imaging technologies have played a major role in the conceptualization of addiction as a disease of the brain (Fowler et al., 1998a; …

This 8-page brochure describes the Office of Industrial Technologies' Mining Industry of The Future, a partnership between the Department of Energy and the mining industry established to increase industrial energy and cost efficiency.

The high efficiency of the BGO detectors makes them very attractive candidates to replace NaI(T1) detectors, which are widely used in studies of body composition. In this work, the response functions of the BGO and NaI(T1) detectors were determined at 0.662,4.4, and 10.0 MeV using three different Monte Carlo codes: EGS4, MCNP, and PHOTON. These codes differ in their input files and transport calculations, and were used to verify the internal consistency of the setup and of the input data. The energy range of 0.662 to 10 MeV was chosen to cover energies of interest in body composition-studies. The superior efficiency of the BGO-detectors has to be weighed-against their inferior resolution, and their higher price than that of the NaI detectors. Because the price of the BGO detectors strongly depends on the size of the crystal, its optimization is an important component in the design of the entire system.

Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.